Every Dog Has It's Day

Today was a great day for the dogs. It was hot Hot HOT! So we all went out to the national forest nearby and let the dogs take a swim. I think the pictures speak for themselves...

Ice Ice Baby

Don't know how this happened, but I went to pull ice out of the freezer this afternoon and, well, the picture speaks for itself...

Weekend Projects

A new gateway to the garden...

Keeping the dogs at bay...

And a moat fit for a castle.

Well, the last few weekends for me have been BUSY! No doubt about it, summer is here, and all those projects we should have done in the cool of spring have caught up with us. Last weekend it was the front yard - trying to fix the problem of what happens with the water when you build a house with a downward sloping front yard. The yard is so shady, it's hard to get a good picture, but there is now a stream bed with river pebbles leading under the fence. We did a lot of digging and filled some gaps in the foundation with concrete and dug up the flower bed and built the stream bed. With any luck we'll keep any after-the-rain rivers from going under the house from now on.

This weekend we've been working on the back yard. A few weeks ago we built the fence to keep the dogs out of the garden area. Then I pulled out this beautiful arbor which we have been storing and gave it a fresh paint job and a new place to call home. It was a gift from Geoff's mom when we bought our house three years ago.

Anyway, I haven't posted in a pretty good while, but this is what I have to show for all of my time off...

Meri Meri

Quite contrary - how does your garden grow??

With cannas and strawberries and lilies galore! Oh and don't forget the sunflowers!

As you can see, we've been growing quite a garden. More pics to follow.

Random Meme

I was tagged by my sister for this "random meme."

Here are the rules: Each player starts with 7 random facts/habits about themselves. People who are tagged need to write on their own blog about their seven things, as well as these rules. You need to choose 7 people to get tagged and list their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them that they have been tagged and to read your blog!

1. After seeing a ventriloquist special, I taught myself to sing two parts of Row Row Row Your Boat in a round by myself.
2. From Halloween until Christmas as a little kid, I used to make sure that I slept with every toy that I had received from the previous Christmas so that Santa would know that I was a grateful kid and would love all of the new things I wanted for the next Christmas.
3. If I could do/be anything in the world, I think I would most like to be a songwriter. (I sort of am, but I would love to do it professionally - and actually get some things out there).
4. On a college trip to the basketball championship playoffs in Cleveland, Ohio, I drove a car with no defrost through a snowstorm.
5. If I could live anywhere in the continental US, I would like to live in the Ozark Mountains (either in Arkansas or Missouri).
6. My most cherished possession is my violin.
7. Every day I make a new origami creation from a day-to-day origami calendar.

Update of Sorts

It's been awhile since I've posted anything or felt like I had anything to post about. Exercising keeps me busy and TIRED, but I'm actually enjoying it. Isn't it funny though how you can skip one day and suddenly not want to go ever again, no matter how much you know it will benefit you to go, no matter how much better you feel when you do it.
I haven't really been keeping up with my posts or anything, but tomorrow I'm going to go to my first Body Pump class, where you lift weights and do cardio at the same time. I'll post on how it goes at some point.
In other news, my computer hard drive crashed last night, so I'm using Geoff's to type this post. Also, I've been told by my sister that I've been tagged by a meme, but I haven't a clue what to do, so G when you read this, let me know what I need to do?!?
Mom and I are going to ANOTHER Cirque du Soleil show in June. My 6th, her 5th. At the end of this one, we will have seen all of the shows that are touring and we'll have to start saving money for trips to Las Vegas and Orlando to see the shows that are stationary.
I've been asked to play an original song two weeks from now in a church service, so I'm looking forward to that. And most importantly, a week from tomorrow I'm having company - my sister and niece! (I was hoping for my nephew as well, but beggars can't be choosers). I'm so excited! No one has visited me in awhile, so this is going to be fun.
Anyway, by way of an update, I think I covered the basics. I'll try to post something again sooner rather than later, but my life needs to get a bit more interesting (in a good way please) before I have anything worthwhile to post about...